Then there’s electronic act Rudimental, which is upping the ante to not only find an audience stateside but in the process create attention around its own unique genre that band member Piers Aggett (keyboards, synth, vocals) calls soulful electronic music.

“We grew up on our mom’s vinyl Motown and Marvin Gaye records,” said Aggett, calling from London. “We’re also from the electronic music scene. We’re a version of EDM in a sense, but we have a soulful side. So not all EDM has to be in your face and harsh.”

Rudimental, which is often lumped into same U.K. scene as English electronic duo Disclosure, features basically producers and songwriters with a strong club culture of drum and bass, house, garage, jungle and dubstep.

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The band’s 2013 debut, “Home,” includes the jungle beat-heavy “Feel the Love,” with John Newman on vocals and a heavy trumpet solo that belies EDM expectations. Another standout is the garage-sounding “Spoons.”

For a visual of the group’s amalgamative sound, look no further than the “Home” album cover.

The mural features a street scene of musicians from divergent backgrounds.

Something else that makes Rudimental stand out is the fact the quartet doesn’t have a main singer. Instead, the outfit seeks out different singers to front their diverse style of music.

“We like unsigned talent, because that’s how we started and it’s really exciting,” Aggett said.

“At this point we could be working with big names but we still want to work with unsigned talent. That’s been our business model that’s kind of formed naturally over the years, and it’s not the easiest thing to understand.

“There’s never one singer for the whole album but I think that’s also why we seem to get a lot of fans. It keeps changing and keeps people excited.”

Now the act is trying to find potential fans, listeners who may not have heard of the group.

While a fall stateside club headlining tour is planned, Rudimental is spending the rest of the summer opening for hot U.K. pop artist Ed Sheeran. That bill rolls into Northeast Ohio for a show Sept. 4 at the Wolstein Center.

Apparently the two acts crossed paths in a Los Angeles studio last year. In fact, the session included rapper The Game. As far as Sheeran naming Rudimental as his opening act, Aggett said he couldn’t be happier even though he admits there’s a noticeable difference in styles.

Whereas Sheeran is folk-based, Rudimental has the aforementioned club background.

Still, Aggett said he’s not complaining about a digression of styles. Considering how red hot Sheeran has been of late, this could be the chance for Rudimental to reach new audiences.

Aggett said, “Breaking in America is about getting those opportunities to play in front of a lot of people, so this is a great thing.”